Adrian is an award-winning political journalist based largely in southern Africa who now works as an academic. He has published 25 books including monographs, biographies and a few children’s books and more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and research reports.

His latest two books, published in 2025, were a monograph, Critical Issues in Photojournalism (Routledge) and a collection of essays, Christmas with Nelson Mandela (LBB).

Adrian is currently Chair for Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Stirling in Scotland. At the Reuters Institute he is undertaking a project on journalism in conflict, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Adrian was previously a Visiting Fellow in 2012.

See more about Adrian's work on his website.